Radiator



' RADIATOR @ai i926.

RADETOR.

This invention relates to un improved en-v gine iadieioi.' naijiiculariydesignecl for use on moioi vehicles und seeks, among other objects, eoprovide u radiiitor which, :is coinperod with an ordinary radiator oilike size,

will have superioi` cooling qualities.

` f nike disposed in e irunsversely extending The invention seeks, as ufurther object, to provide a, i-udieior wherein the vertical tubes oftlievdeviee will all be so disposed (ih-ut oir currents flowing throughthe indiutor from front to ieui' tliei'eoi muy impinge directly againsteach of seid iubes.

ind the inveniion seeks, as u stili further ohiecoto provide e, radiatorhaving :i rnfliuting plate unit removable. at the back of izlie rudiatoiso het oceess muy readily hurl. io "diie Welt-ei' tubes i'f'oi'iepoining Suid euhos, euri Wlieiein izlie uloes will he disposed loeeniei seid unil; Within the iofliaio: shell.

Elisir emi inoilenijel objects will appear heroine-ieee l i lin elleaccompanying clewings:

liguie l ie from; eleysion of my im'n proved odiotoi'; l f

.Figline 2 is u'l'ioiieoniiel eeeiiouaii.r View on the lino 2-2 ofFigure i," looking inl the ieetion iuiicutecl lby 4he #1i-rows., f 4

Figure 3 is o vertical seeiional View on ille line 3-3 of Figure l,looking in the cliiectiou indienne@ by the arrows.

Figure 4; isa detail perspective yiewsliowing' one of che unii:employed.,

In carin/'ing the invenizion inio effect, ll employ u shelf includingiop and bottom tanks l0 und ll connected by parallel side. platee 12.iiller nnube lnoimally closed by o screw con lllancl foimecl on the tankat the eem? side tliereof is on inlet l5 While the bottom tank ll isprovided with un outlet 16.

Disposed between the top and boiom tanks is core inolufling a pluralityof vertically disposed purullelwuter 'tubes 1"? lined to the confrontingWells of ibo tanks l0 snol ll. to communicate with sind trinken Tinus,Wuiei? entering the inlet l5 Will ilow into the tank 10 @to thenceclescenfl through the tubes 17 into the l1, when the water `willdischarge lzlirougl'i the outlet 16. As 'particularly shown in Figui-e2, the tubes i7 zug;- ioW. As will he oioeerveil, all of the tubes arespaced ti'ansversely oi the shell with respect io euch oihei. and thusno one,

of said tubes will form :in obstruction in pluies of he i'einovableplaie The top tank' is formed with o,

fi'oni. of any other of the iubes io pievent l .currents oi? einiiow'ing ilnongh lille radieioifrom ihe front lo rear thereof, frominmune-ing" fiiieci'ly against The tubes. Accordingly, euch oi! thetubes' will be directly subjected io the cooling inliuence of he uil.currents with ihe result allai loss tubes one required. ivo eiiect 'thecooling of the sz-'atei' in a iaclieor of s given size :is comparedwilli. G au ordinary irediniioi' oi' like size wherein the tubes arealined i'i'oni 'from o ieui of ille i'adinioi core. By zigzogging therow of tubes, ii is also possible io mount e grenier number oi iubes ino row between the sifie pieles of the shell iliun 'were the tubes urrnnged'iu s siuinglii, line.,

Suitehly' secuiefi io the uioes li( is o pluw ruli'ty of verticallyspaced lioi-izouisil ne dining plaies o'iningi s. xed radiating; plaienniiJ und, mi boughi; out in Fig une 2' of the (iiuwingijs, weer edgesthe 'plates une nocheii. io ooniioiin to the einem@ conioui of lie rowof ulies Ii so inui shaped cavities i: @hns fleiinecl nl: the neer oithe cone loelw'een ilse ongulnnly disposed portions oi? seid row ofnubes. liiiziine; be iween ithe iop onci linie-toni itunls l0 sind ll ofiiie shell is e mining removnisio nadie-@ving 'pluie unie l?, ellepei'oliel pluies of which@ are oonneeieii by e pluioliivy o' yeijiiceliie rods exteniiing 'through seid pioiee. These rods ure of e iene-iiito he ieely iiece'iveii bezweeu izlieconfi'outingi Wells oir' dietunisie l0 enel il sind, lo eeniei elle unie lg bcween said unli's.lflie plaies of the unit may he seeuiei'l to ifhe ioc'is in anyooiroyeii manner und, shown in Figure e, eeicl niaes'uie each noicho'tito form e nein of V-shei'ieci iouiguesi The tongues 2l of 'Liliesei/eroi n one., se shown in Figure 9,., udupi'exi no u., 'in inecnyiiies uit the real" of tlie cone heizween the nneulaily disposed,ooiiinus ie ifow oi )cubes 17, ubuiziine; said tubes, so lelie/3 theplete 'unitlQ illus" occupies seid ciiviiies to complete thev sym#nieicnl coniioui of the core While the ionejues of iilie plates of Suidunit eonoi; Wih the tuiles for ceniez'ing the unit transvesely olf illesuoli ami limiting seid unit agcinst transverse movement. Extendingfieely he tween neijeceni pluies of elle core units 18 und TLS), nearthe np'pei: und' lowe' ends of the core, ure poil-s of vtie rods 22 uponthe rear ends of which are screwed nuts 23 clamping *elle unil: lil inposition. Thus, as will he sec-n, by removing,l these nuts, the

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